2021 Open Championship
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| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 15–18 July 2021 |
| Location | Sandwich, England 51°16′26″N 1°22′01″E / 51.274°N 1.367°ECoordinates: 51°16′26″N 1°22′01″E / 51.274°N 1.367°E ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽ |
| Course(s) | Royal St George's Golf Club |
| Organized by | The R&A |
| Tour(s) | |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 70 |
| Length | 7,204 yards (6,587 m) |
| Field | 156 players |
| Location Map | |
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The 2021 Open Championship will be the 149th Open Championship, held 15–18 July 2021 at Royal St George's Golf Club in Sandwich, England.
It will be the 15th Open Championship played at Royal St George's, and the first since Darren Clarke won in 2011. Alterations to the course since 2011 include changes to bunkers on the 4th, 5th, 7th, 17th and 18th hole.
Media[edit]
The 2021 Open Championship will be televised by Comcast in both the United Kingdom and the United States, domestically in the UK with the Sky Sports brand, and in the United States by their Golf Channel brand, including broadcast network coverage on weekends.
Venue[edit]
Royal St Georges tasked golf course architects Mackenzie and Ebert to make alterations to the course in preparation to the 2020 Open Championship. Large bunkers at the 4th and 7th holes, and a large bare sand area to the left of the 5th hole were restored. Two bunkers to the left of the 17th green were replaced by a swale and bunkering was altered on the 18th hole. Improvements were also made to the practice facilities.[1]
Course layout[edit]
| Hole | Yards | Par | Hole | Yards | Par | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 444 | 4 | 10 | 415 | 4 | |
| 2 | 417 | 4 | 11 | 243 | 3 | |
| 3 | 240 | 3 | 12 | 381 | 4 | |
| 4 | 495 | 4^ | 13 | 459 | 4 | |
| 5 | 419 | 4 | 14 | 547 | 5 | |
| 6 | 178 | 3 | 15 | 496 | 4 | |
| 7 | 564 | 5 | 16 | 163 | 3 | |
| 8 | 453 | 4 | 17 | 426 | 4 | |
| 9 | 412 | 4 | 18 | 459 | 4 | |
| Out | 3,622 | 35 | In | 3,589 | 35 | |
| Source: | Total | 7,211 | 70 | |||
Field[edit]
Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses.
- 1. The Open Champions aged 60 or under on 18 July 2021
- 2. The Open Champions for 2010–2019
- 3. Top 10 finishers and ties in the 2019 Open Championship
- 4. Top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) for Week 21, 2021
- 5. Top 30 on the 2020 Race to Dubai
- 6. Last three BMW PGA Championship winners
- 7. Top 5 players, not already exempt, within the top 20 of the 2021 Race to Dubai through the BMW International Open
- 8. Last five Masters Tournament winners
- 9. Last five PGA Championship winners
- 10. Last five U.S. Open winners
- 11. Last three Players Championship winners
- 12. The 30 qualifiers for the 2020 Tour Championship
- 13. Top 5 players, not already exempt, within the top 20 of the 2021 FedEx Cup points list through the Travelers Championship
- 14. Winner of the 2020 Open de Argentina
- 15. Playing members of the 2019 Presidents Cup teams
- 16. Winner of the 2020 Asian Tour Order of Merit
- 17. Winner of the 2020–21 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit
- 18. Winner of the 2020–21 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit
- 19. Winner of the 2020 Japan Open
- 20. Winner of the 2021 Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf
- 21. Top 2 on the 2020 Japan Golf Tour Official Money List
- 22. Top player, not already exempt, on the 2021 Japan Golf Tour Official Money List through the Japan Golf Tour Championship
- 23. Winner of the 2019 Senior Open Championship
- 24. Winner of the 2021 Amateur Championship
- 25. Winner of the 2020 U.S. Amateur
- 26. Winners of the 2021 European Amateur
- 27. Recipient of the 2020 Mark H. McCormack Medal
- 28. Winner of the 2020 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship
- 29. Winner of the 2021 Latin America Amateur Championship
- Open Qualifying Series
The Open Qualifying Series (OQS) consists of twelve events from the six major tours. Places are available to the leading players (not otherwise exempt) who finish in the top n and ties. In the event of ties, positions go to players ranked highest according to that week's OWGR.
| Location | Tournament | Date | Spots | Top | Qualifiers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | Emirates Australian Open | 3 | 10 | Matt Jones, Takumi Kanaya (a), Aaron Pike | |
| Africa | South African Open | 3 | 10 | Jaco Ahlers, Marcus Armitage, Branden Grace | |
| Singapore | SMBC Singapore Open | 4 | 12 | Kim Joo-hyung, Ryosuke Kinoshita, Richard T. Lee, Poom Saksansin | |
| United States | Arnold Palmer Invitational | 3 | 10 | Joel Dahmen, Danny Lee, Keith Mitchell | |
| Japan | Mizuno Open | 4 | 12 | ||
| Ireland | Dubai Duty Free Irish Open | 4 | 12 | ||
| Morocco | Trophée Hassan II | 1 | 5 | ||
| Canada | RBC Canadian Open | 3 | 10 | ||
| Korea | Kolon Korea Open | 2 | 8 | ||
| United States | Travelers Championship | 2 | 8 | ||
| Scotland | Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open | 4 | 12 | ||
| United States | John Deere Classic | 1 | 5 |
- Final Qualifying
The Final Qualifying events will be played on 30 June at five courses covering Scotland and the North-West, Central and South-coast regions of England. Three qualifying places were available at each location.
- Alternates
To make up the full field of 156, additional places are allocated in ranking order from the Official World Golf Ranking at the time that these places are made available by the Championship Committee.
Past champions expected in the field[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Royal St George's". Mackenzie and Ebert. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site
- Coverage on the PGA of America's official site
| Preceded by 2021 U.S. Open |
Major Championships | Succeeded by 2022 Masters |
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